Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

50.6815° N, 115.1945° W

Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is a 514 km² provincial park 28 km south of Canmore, in Alberta. It was established in 1977.

10 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Upper Kananaskis Lake (8.47 km²).

Area
514 km²
Established
1977
Named lakes
10

Conditions today

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued Thu 3:43 p.m. MDT

The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.

Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday.

Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.

Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT

7.2 °C

Wind SW 64 km/h, gusts 96

Observed at Kananaskis (Nakiska Ridgetop), as of Thu 11:00 p.m. MDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Wind becoming west 30 km/h gusting to 50 after midnight. Low 9.

Weather: Kananaskis (Nakiska Ridgetop) (local forecast), as of Thu 11:00 p.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:21 a.m.
Sunrise
7:54 a.m.
Sunset
7:00 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:33 p.m.
Moonrise
6:51 a.m.
Moonset
6:20 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

RankFeatureArea
1Upper Kananaskis Lake8.47 km²
2Lower Kananaskis Lake5.91 km²
3Hidden Lake0.4 km²
4Three Isle Lake0.36 km²
5Aster Lake0.2 km²
6Mud Lake0.19 km²
7Rawson Lake0.16 km²
8Lawson Lake0.14 km²
9Maude Lake0.11 km²
10Burstall Lakes0.1 km²

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks

Photos

Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Photo: Evrooyen55, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons